A Simple Chicken, Prawn and Chorizo Paella Recipe
Simple Chicken, Prawn, and Chorizo Paella Recipe
Bring a taste of Spain to your home with this simple paella recipe that combines chicken, prawns, and chorizo into a mouthwatering dish perfect for parties! This dish takes about an hour to create and should serve about eight.
Ingredients
- 1 thinly sliced chorizo sausage
- 3 chicken breast fillets, chopped into bite-size chunks
- 1 pack of large, pre-cooked tiger prawns
- 2 large, diced onions
- 400g arborio paella rice
- Paprika
- White wine
- Olive oil
- 1.25 litres of chicken or vegetable stock
How to Cook It
- Add a glug of olive oil to a large, heavy-bottomed frying pan and heat on a medium to high setting. Add your thinly sliced chorizo to the pan and allow to cook on both sides until golden and starting to go black. Using a slotted spoon, remove the chorizo while leaving the oil and chorizo juice in the pan.
- Add the diced chicken to the pan and cook until lightly golden. The meat doesn't have to be cooked thoroughly at this stage. Remove the chicken and keep until later.
- Add your diced onions to the pan and cook until brown and soft.
- Now add your rice, two teaspoons of paprika, and about 200ml of white wine.
- Bring to the boil and allow the mixture to cook for around 2 minutes.
- Now add your chicken and chorizo to the mixture and stir in your stock.
- Reduce to a low heat and allow the paella to cook for 20 minutes without stirring.
- Finally, add your prawns to the dish and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes or until the remaining mixture has been fully absorbed.
Freshen Things Up
If you would like to freshen this dish up a little, let your paella cool, add some freshly chopped tomatoes, peppers, and cucumber, and serve on a bed of lettuce.
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